What to expect from UD hockey Series 2 2022-23?

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Preorders for the upcoming Series 2 2022-23
are now available! And even though Upper Deck will let us wait
a little longer before revealing its official checklist, here is what you can
expect from this new series that will be available on February 15th.
Which popular inserts will be back in this
series?
- Loyal to its tradition, the series will include 50 new Young Guns. Even though those cards are produced in limited quantities, a hobby box will still contain an average of 6 Young Guns.
- Lots of parallel cards are also back, such as French variants (1:30 for veterans and 1:120 for rookies), Clear Cuts (1:96 for veterans and 1:288 for rookies, still hobby exclusive) and numbered Exclusives (/100) and High Gloss (/10).
- Many inserts are also coming back, notably UD Potraits, various colored Dazzlers and UD Canvas. Series 2 will be adding 150 new UD Canvas to the 120 included in Series 1, bringing the total to an impressive 270. Along with the 90 veteran (1:8) and 30 rookie (1:48) cards, 30 new UD Canvas are added to the set and include 15 High Series Retired as well as 15 High Series Program of Excellence cards (1:192).
- Series 2 will also be pursuing Honor Roll (1:12), Population Count and Fluorescence (1:5 to 1:150 depending on the color) sets.
- It will still include many cards containing game-worn memorabilia, notably Rookie Materials (1:144) and Patch parallels (numbered to just 25).
- Day With the Cup remain very rare inserts with chances to get hold of one estimated to 1:1000 in hobby packs.
Which Young Guns will be included in this
series?
Unlike
Series 1, Series 2 will include rookies that debut at the start of the 2022-23
season.
More
details to be announced soon.
Which new inserts will be introduced in this
series?
- Highlighters : this new colorful acetate set highlights 25 2021-22 season memorable moments and come in four different color variants : yellow (1:192), orange (1:576), pink (1:1536) and green (1:4608).
- Lunch Box Legends : this new insert is inspired by 70s popular lunch boxes (1:16) and included Gold (1:320) and Printing Plate variants.
- Instant Impressions : this new set is entirely based on images (1:24).
- Greetings From : as its name suggests it, this new set will focus on cities or states where NHL teams play (1:15) as well as World Junior Grads (1:20 in hobby packs) that highlights some of the best from the tournament. Both also have Gold and Printing Plate parallels.
- Calder Candidates : while this insert isn’t technically new, its last appearance goes back to 1992-93 season and included Eric Lindros, Teemu Selanne and Felix Potvin rookie cards. It comes back this year with potential Calder Trophy candidates and contenders for Rookie of the Year honors in standard versions (1:37) as well as Gold (1:739) and Printing Plate parallels.
What can we expect to find in an average hobby
box?
- 6 Young Guns
- 1 premium card among these options : 1 Clear Cut OR 1 memorabilia card OR 1 Highlighter OR another premium card (only 1 card among these options)
- 5 inserts among the following options : Calder Candidates, Greetings From, Lunch Box Legends and/or World Juniors Grads
- 4 UD Canvas
- 2 UD Portrait Rookies
- 2 Honor Roll
- 1 French variant, that can be a parallel from either the base or the Young Gun sets
- 1 blue Dazzlers
- 1 Instant Impression
- 1 additional insert